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more about #roevworld finette: I live in Louisiana and today received a recorded telephone push poll from these charming people who turn out to be associated with Focus on the Famil... more » veronykah: I keep seeing "it would expand coverage to all but 6% of Americans" can someone tell me who those 6% of Americans would be and why they wouldn't be el... more » Jezebellicose/Queenjulie: Blood on the Senate floor indeed--the blood of all the people in Texas and North Carolina who are going to die from lack of health insurance when thei... more » rledrialmder: Stupak's got your number and Stupak ain't your friend Reconciliation Won't bring this to an end. Blood is on the Senate floor Reid is on the knife Har... more » jeninmotion: Come on, Harry Reid. Don't wimp out. If Lieberman effs with you, STRIP HIS DAMN COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIPS and make him sit in the corner. Then ignore hi... more » wednesdayam: By jove, the man may have finally discovered his brass balls. Maybe Alec Baldwin stopped by... /random Glengarry movie reference more » Maritsa: I just read on the NYT that part of the funding is coming from a 5% tax on elective cosmetic surgery. [www.nytimes.com] more » Ack: You know, I wish the Republicans had been so outspoken about spending public funds on controversial issues when it came to the Iraq war. I vehemently... more » AuburnPonytail: Can someone explain why "reconciliation" is something to be threatened with? Why is it scary? more » L'Adelina: The biggest problem I have with this is letting states opt out. Texas, where I currently reside, has the most amount of people uninsured in the entire... more » Diziet_Sma: "There is a conscience clause that makes it perfectly acceptable for insurance companies to deny that coverage or health care providers to refuse carr... more » sybann: So does anyone else think the progress on this is due in large part to the internet and forums just like this that manage to EXPLAIN what these douche... more » BelleBreezing: Dear Baby Jesus, Please or please, just this once, let reasonable compromise and sensible thought prevail in my country's government. Amen, -BB more » cantankasaurus rex: alright, i'm going to just rant because i can't take this anymore! I REFUSE TO CONGRATULATE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR "ALLOWING" WOMEN CONTINUED ACCESS... more » Lymed: Harry Reid didn't stab insurers with an excise tax. He stabbed Americans and small businesses. The excise tax on so-called Cadillac plans won't just... more » morninggloria: I guess this means that I can stop calling him "Fairy Reid" in my mind for the time being. more » Ruby_de_la_Booby: OK, who are you and what have you done with Harry Reid? I never expected to be satisfied after this announcement, but the reconciliation talk pleases... more » special_boots: Wait. Wait. Back the fuckin' truck up. Harry Reid grew some balls? I think I need to sit down for a minute. more » Bitingpika: "Going Sweeney Todd" is now part of my lexicon. more » Tchotchke: I know that this sounds naive, but I am continually stunned that reproductive rights are even a debate these days. It just seems so...retrograde. This... more » -
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Blood On The Senate Floor: Majority Leader Drops Stupak-Pitts
The anti-choice crowd is frothing at the mouth. Yesterday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid went Sweeney Todd on the Stupak-Pitts amendment, stabbed insurers with an excise tax, and threatened to go to reconciliation on the holdouts. More » -
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Nation to Women: You're On Your Own With This Abortion Fight
Not only do "six in ten Americans" want to ban federal funds subsidizing abortion, "fifty-one percent [of people polled] said they thought women should bear the full cost of an abortion even when they have private insurance." [UPI] -
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Ova Are People, Too
Colorado anti-choicers are redefining personhood yet again. Life no longer starts at fertilization, but at "the beginning of the biological development of a human being." If so, say goodbye to in-vitro fertilization, stem cell research, and bodily autonomy! [Colorado Independent] -
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Health Care Reform Is The New Abortion Debate Battleground
In a country where 15 percent of the population is without health insurance at any given time, you'd think that the focus of a debate about reforming a broken system would not be about abortion. You'd be wrong. More » -
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Vatican Reaffirms Compassion Is For Fetuses, Not Children
The Vatican issued a "clarification" to comments by Monsignor Rino Fisichella that Brazilian Archbishop Jose Cardoso Sobrinho should have tried some compassion in the case of the 9-year-old rape victim who had an abortion. In short: Fuck compassion. [Time] -
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Courts Continue To Chip Away At Women's Reproductive Choices
It used to be that the anti-abortion movement had to temper its religious ardor with exceptions for the health and safety of women, and the Supreme Court agreed. The partial birth abortion question, however, taught them the pretense wasn't necessary. More » -
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The Tough Choices: Abortion, And Admitting It
Phoebe Terry, taking her potential safety into her hands, writes an article for Babble today entitled, "Why I had a second-term abortion." If you've been reading some of George Tiller's patients' stories, the reason isn't a surprise. More » -
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Ireland May Be Forced To Legalize Some Abortions
Three Irish women are challenging Ireland's complete ban on abortions at the European Court of Human Rights. All argue they needed the terminations for health reasons and thus were denied their civil rights. [Irish Times] -
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Sarah Palin's Stance On Abortion Makes Sense... To Her
During Sarah Palin's speech at the "anti-abortion banquet" in Indiana last week, Ruth Marcus writes in the Washington Post, Palin spoke about how proud she was to have made the right choice about her pregnancy. More » -
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Not Yet Rain: Ethiopian Women Struggle To Obtain Abortions
The new documentary Not Yet Rain explores how difficult it is for Ethiopian women to obtain safe abortions, even though the country has one of Africa's most progressive abortion laws. More » -
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Abortion Is The Same As & Cause Of Everything: Obama Edition
Apparently, there exists an alternate universe in which the only real problem facing Americans today is legalized abortion. We have seen it, and invite you to follow us down the rabbit hole. More » -
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Vatican Archbishop Defends Abortion For 9-Year Old Brazilian Girl
Archbishop Rino Fisichella has come out in defense of the 9-year-old girl who received an abortion after being raped by her stepfather, stating that her life was in danger due to the pregnancy. More » -
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GQ Interview Angers GOP In Unending Abortion War
RNC Chairman Michael Steele is tussling with the right-est of the right-wingers today for daring to acknowledge in a new GQ interview that women currently have the right to choose an abortion.
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Brazilian Abortion Case Continues To Cause Controversy
Although the Catholic Church is standing strong with the decision to excommunicate the Brazilian medical team that performed an abortion on a 9-year-old rape victim, many have come forward with dissenting opinions. More » -
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Talking Heads Wrangle Over Womens' Uteruses On Hardball
Last night, MSNBC's Chris Matthews had writer William Saletan and conservative Ken Blackwell on Hardball to discuss reducing the number of abortions in the United States. Missing from the conversation: women. Also: accuracy. More » -
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North Dakota Moves (Again) To Outlaw Abortion
The North Dakota House sent the Senate a bill that, if signed, would give fertilized eggs full civil rights— outlawing abortion. Governor John Hoeven opposes abortion bans without rape, incest or maternal health exceptions. [KXMC] -
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On Roe V. Wade Anniversary, Anti-Choicers Get All Of The Attention
While the godless liberal Feminazi bonerkilling blogosphere is talking up a storm about the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the "mainstream" media (except NPR) and its conservative cohorts are all about the anti-choicers today. More »
